Information for Donors

If you are interested in donating a kidney, there is a simple way to determine if you are eligible to become a donor. Visit the National Kidney Registry’s donor screen page and enter your name, phone number and email. You will receive an email with a link to a medical screening questionnaire to start the … Read More

There are approximately 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney, and many more living kidney donors are needed to give kidney patients a chance to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. If you are considering becoming a living kidney donor, you may be wondering whether kidney donation is safe, or if there are … Read More

More than 90,000 people are in need of a kidney transplant, yet every year only about 6,000 people donate one of their kidneys. A kidney donation chain is a way of maximizing the number of kidney patients who receive a living donor kidney, while ensuring that all kidney recipients receive a donor kidney that is … Read More

On March 1, 2017, EJ Tamez became a living kidney donor when he donated a kidney to his younger brother, Luis Tamez. EJ has become a passionate advocate for living kidney donation, and is now Head Donor Search Expert Coach to the National Kidney Registry to help people with kidney failure find a living kidney … Read More

It’s one of the most frustrating and discouraging situations in kidney donation: A donor is medically healthy and eager to donate a kidney to someone facing kidney failure, but testing determines that the donor is not a match with the recipient. When faced with this scenario, kidney patients used to have to keep looking for … Read More

If you are considering becoming a living kidney donor, you may have questions such as: Will I be able to live a normal life after donating a kidney? Will donating a kidney affect my athletic performance? Will I need to change my diet or lifestyle after donating a kidney? Is there anything I won’t be … Read More